Rituximab for Serious Aplastic Anemia With Platelet Transfusion Refractoriness

Summary

Due to long-term dependence on platelet transfusion, some severe aplastic anemia (SAA) patients suffer platelet transfusion refractoriness (PTR). Unlike immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), glucocorticoids and human immunoglobulin (IVIg) are generally ineffective for PTR. Due to the lack of effective intervention methods, patients with PTR suffer increased platelet transfusions, bleeding events and treatment costs, prolonged hospital stays, and decreased survival rate. SAA with PTR has become a challenge for physicians. The experiment aims to explore the efficacy of rituximab in the treatment of SAA with PTR, and establish a new effective, safe treatment method with relatively low treatment cost.

Timeline

Start

2023-02-23

Primary completion

2026-12-30

Completion

2027-12-30

Publications

• Background Killick SB, Bown N, Cavenagh J, Dokal I, Foukaneli T, Hill A, Hillmen P, Ireland R, Kulasekararaj A, Mufti G, Snowden JA, Samarasinghe S, Wood A, Marsh JC; British Society for Standards in Haematology. Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of adult aplastic anaemia. Br J Haematol. 2016 Jan;172(2):187-207. doi: 10.1111/bjh.13853. Epub 2015 Nov 16. No abstract available.
• Background Chockalingam P, Sacher RA. Management of patients refractory to platelet transfusion. J Infus Nurs. 2007 Jul-Aug;30(4):220-5. doi: 10.1097/01.NAN.0000281531.97183.c0.
• Background Kerkhoffs JL, Eikenboom JC, van de Watering LM, van Wordragen-Vlaswinkel RJ, Wijermans PW, Brand A. The clinical impact of platelet refractoriness: correlation with bleeding and survival. Transfusion. 2008 Sep;48(9):1959-65. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01799.x. Epub 2008 Jun 28.

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